Young People and Their World

Young People and Their World

• „You can only be young once. But you can
• always be immature“.
• Dave Barry

Youth adolescent teenager kid young person

• Youth is the time of life between childhood and adulthood (maturity)
• it is said that youth is the best time in one´s life
• = everyone is as young as he/she feels
• (your real age dont´t have to correspod to
• how you feel)

Teenagers vs. Young people

• Adolescence describes the teenage years between 13 and 19. It is the time of life between childhood and adulthood (maturity). Op. immaturity
• adolescent = a young person between 13-19
• Young People - a group of people between 20-30

Teenagers

• undergo psysical changes moody
• personality is formed
• tetchy / touchy
• Easily influenced absent minded
• Try to do experiment s lazy
• Face alcohol, drug, impulsive
• cigarette addictions sociable

Young people

• Mature
• Adult
• Have set up their own families
• Responsible for their deeds
• Inexperienced (at work)

Answer the questions

• What are the advantages - opportunities/ disadvantages of being young? What advantages do you see in being an adult? Explain.
• Give examples of your duties
• Characterise typical teenagers and compare them with young people in the past if you can.
• - What do the elderly say about the young?
• What do the young think about the elderly?
• - What are the biggest dangers facing today’s youth? b) The place of the young in the society (rights and duties, study opportunities, jobs, young families)

• Talk about some possible problems of teenagers

• Talk about possible problems young people have to overcome

• What are the young like?

• critical to their parents and other adults
• rebel against everything
• on the one hand – sometimes moody, stubborn, cynical, cheek
• on the other hand – sensitive, enthusiastic, full of energy if they are concerned
• they are not mature yet, it´s the period of big changes – mental and physical
• try to find their place in society
• are trying something new and challenging
• search for their idols and role models and try to immitate them
• How do young people spend their spare time? Interests, hobbies.

• Problems that young people face

• In families (a generation gap) – they have conflicts with their
• parents,/ an older generation, have different opinions on life,
• duties, rights etc.
• At school - conflicts with their teachers if they behave rudely,
• play truant, are lazy, disobedient, dont´t learn enough
• - conflicts with their schoolmates – can be
• bullied / or bully others
• Face dangers of different addictions because they are easily
• influenced by their peers – don´t want to differ from the crowd
• - Mainly girls can be influenced by mass media in how they
• should look – good look is the most important for them, all of them
• want to be slim, they suffer from anorexia or bulimia which can
• endanger their lives
• At present – obesity has become a great problem of the young,
• they eat too much junk food and miss any movement –
• the generation of coach potatoes

• Children say about parents

• don´t give us enough freedom, interfere too much
• are always criticising young people, don´t understand us
• are too stict
• say that we are lazy, easy-going, unwilling to work
• underestimate us
• don´t give us enough pocket money
• Would be satisfied if we spend all our leisure time on studying or helping them
• Explain materialistic approach to life? What is the most important in life?

• Parents say about children

• don´t respect the older generation
• think they don´t need any advice
• are rude, impolite, badly behaved, use bad words
• don´t want to help at home, are interested just in music, fashion, their friends
• don´t study a lot, don´t think of their future
• spend too much time with their friends
• their music is deafening = too loud, their clothes and hairstyle awful
• Compare the generation of your parents/ grandparents with yours - lifestyle, opportunities, attention of parents, starting families, employment

Talk about your future

• Your expectations
• Your visions
• Your desires
• Your worries
• Is there anything you are looking forward to?
• Where do you see yourself in 10 years time?